By Jay Sorgi
WTMJ
May 16, 2008
http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/19006359.html
All of Milwaukee's Catholic parishes will get visits from some bean counters.
Archbishop Timothy Dolan has ordered financial reviews for all 211 parishes in the 10-county Archdiocese.
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| Archbishop Timothy Dolan. |
The Journal Sentinel says it's a move to make sure that volunteers and church employees are not trying to steal donations.
A number of churches on the East Coast have recently gone through embezzlement scandals.
St. John Vianney Parish in Brookfield is currently going through an audit to see if a former pastor, Fr. Leonard Van Vlaenderen took money from the parish.
St. Francis Police caught Fr. Van Vlaenderen possessing cocaine in December.
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